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Mukhtar represents Mau in the UP Assembly and Bihar Police is keeping a tab on him in connection with the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan. A four-time MLA from Mau, Mukhtar faces murder charges. He is the key accused in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005 and is currently in jail

Mukhtar represents Mau in the UP Assembly and Bihar Police is keeping a tab on him in connection with the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan. A four-time MLA from Mau, Mukhtar faces murder charges. He is the key accused in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005 and is currently in jail. QED had at a meeting on Saturday in Ghazipur decided that to deal with communal forces, like minded parties should come at one platform. All party office bearers had authorised QED President Afzal Ansari to decide on the merger with SP for the assembly polls. "Two years of Narendra MOdi government is a story of failure and the issues raised by the BJP during polls to lure voters were not taken care of after it formed government. There is an attempt to vitiate atmosphere and brotherhood in the society and to malign image of UP government," Afzal said. PTI ABN SMI AKK

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